Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual page 6

Contents
Changing the insert location of the insert effect . . . 140
Selecting the patch for the insert effect . . . . . . . . . 141
Editing the insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Storing/swapping insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . 145
Editing the name of an insert effect patch . . . . . . . 145
Applying the insert effect only to the monitor
signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Using the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
About the send/return effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selecting a send/return effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Editing a send/return effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Storing/swapping send/return effect patches . . . . 148
Editing the name of a send/return effect patch . . . 149
Importing patches from another project . . . . 149
Reference [Creating a CD] . . . . . . . . . . . 151
About creating an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
About CD-R/RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Creating an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Creating an audio CD by project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Creating an audio CD by album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Using the marker function to separate tracks . . . . 155
Including a playlist in an album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Playing an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Finalizing a CD-R/RW Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Erasing a CD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Loading an audio CD into a project . . . . . . . . 160
Backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Saving a single project to CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . 161
Saving all projects to CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Loading a project from CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . . . 163
Reference [Projects] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
About projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Project operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Loading a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Checking the project size/available hard disk
capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Duplicating a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Erasing a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Changing the project name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Protecting a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Reference [MIDI] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
What you can do using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Making MIDI-related settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Setting the drum kit/bass program MIDI
channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Turning Timing Clock messages on or off . . . . . . . 172
Turning Song Position Pointer messages on or
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Turning Start/Stop/Continue messages on or
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Turning Program Change messages on or
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Turning MIDI Time Code (MTC) messages on or
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Using the SMF player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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Reading an SMF into a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Selecting the SMF output destination . . . . . . . . . . 175
SMF playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Reference [Other Functions] . . . . . . . . . 177
Playing several projects continuously
(sequence play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Creating a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Playlist playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Using the tuner function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Using the chromatic tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Using other tuner types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing the function of the foot switch . . . .181
Preventing digital copying of a master disc or
master tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Switching the level meter display type . . . . . .182
Using an option card to connect to a
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Hard disk maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Basic maintenance procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Test/restore integrity of data on internal hard disk
(ScanDisk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Returning system file data to factory default
(Factory Initialize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Returning the entire hard disk to the factory default
(All Initialize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hard disk maintenance using the supplied
CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Problems during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Problems during recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Problems with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Problems with the rhythm section . . . . . . . . . .189
Problems with MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Problems with CD-R/RW drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Other problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Insert Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Send/return Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Effect Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Insert Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Send/return Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Rhythm Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Drum Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Bass Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
MIDI note number chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
MRS-1608 Hard Disk Contents . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Compatibility with MRS Series . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
MIDI implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
MIDI implementation chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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